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There is something about plunging into the ocean for the first time since giving birth. Having the waves wash over and cover your body, a kind of cleansing, and yet also, an attachment to our planet. This week, I had the chance to dive into the Atlantic ocean. It was...
Friday Question: How do you handle bad behavior in a friend’s child?
This week's Friday Question comes from World Moms Blog writer Kelley. She asked our writers, “How do you handle (what you deem) bad behavior on the part of the child of a friend? If you don't just ignore, what have been the consequences?” And here is what some of our...
ARKANSAS, USA: Interview with Margie Bryant
Where in the world do you live? And, are you from there? I was born and raised in Arkansas and have lived in the capital city, Little Rock, for the majority of my life. What language(s) do you speak? Southern English. It's definitely a language of it's own! When did...
CANADA: Running For Autism
I started running for the first time back in 1996, the same year I kicked a decade-long smoking habit. I knew that quitting smoking would never work unless I supported it with other healthy lifestyle habits. And so, my original goal, the first time I ventured out into...
MASSACHUSETTS, USA: Party Time!
My parents threw me one birthday party when I was around 4 years old. I don't remember much from the party except that it was an exceptionally sunny and cheery day. I remember running around outside with my friends, and that is about it. I am certain there was a...
NEW ZEALAND: Interview with Karyn Van Der Zwet
Where in the world do you live? I live in Napier, on the sunny east coast of the North Island of New Zealand. After a major (7.8) earthquake in 1931 the centre of Napier was rebuilt in the styles of Art Deco and Art Nouveau and has become something of a tourist...
SOUTH CAROLINA, USA: Moving…Again?!
Last week, I found out that we will be moving again. This makes 3 times in 4 years, so I may just lose my mind! Our 1st family move with 2 kids was to a house that we fixed up. Plain and simple, it was sheer hell. I will never forget making our last run of boxes to...
INDIA: My “It Happened” Moment
And one day, it happened. It was but a small thing, a tiny penny, a morsel to the hungry ravaged person of me, but it was soulful food indeed.
Travel Itinerary for the Week of June 20th!
Starting this week, we will be getting to know our writers, both old and new, on Tuesdays and Thursdays! We will be publishing writer interviews as extra posts, so we won't miss out on the great blog postings! On Monday we will be in India with The Alchemist. She...
Help Name This WMB Saturday Column!
It’s almost 10:30pm. The kids are asleep. My husband is out playing cards. And, I should be in bed because the baby will be up in the night to feed, I’m sooo running on empty in the sleep department, and I’ve been trying to get myself to a Saturday morning 8am yoga...
Friday Question: What is your favorite memory of your father?
Not all, but a great number of countries celebrate Father's Day on the third Sunday in June. In honor of Father's Day, we asked our World Moms... “What is your favorite memory of your father?” Read on to see what they said... Amy Hillis of Ohio, USA writes: “My dad...
CALIFORNIA, USA: First Ballet Recital
There was an article recently in The Wall Street Journal that described how to help children remember momentous events from their lives. The key was to retell the story over and over and as they get older, relate it to current events. It was a day that I didn’t want...
MALAYSIA: It’s All About Balance
We live in a world of iPads, flat screen televisions, smartphones, GPS navigation systems, electric cars, the Internet. Our children are growing up in the fast-moving digital age. Our children are growing up watching television, loving shows like Barney, Sesame...
WASHINGTON, USA: Stopping to Celebrate Change
Picture the inside of a clock, with all its gears working in teams to keep the time. Sometimes, it feels like life is going smoothly like that. Other times, it feels like time may be moving a little bit too fast…which has been the case for me over the past three...
INDIA: Interview with Fire Crystals
Where in the world do you live? And, are you from there? I now live in a City known as the 'Garden of India' - the famous city of Bangalore (or "Bengaluru" the politically correct name today). I came here a little over 5 months ago on account of my job change....
Travel Itinerary for the Week of June 13th!
On Monday, we fly off to India to learn about Fire Crystals. This Kuwaiti-born Mom talks about the cultural difficulties with becoming a mom at the ripe old age of 27, and the fact that the name of her native language is a linguistic anomaly! On Tuesday, we head to...
Friday Question: What is one of your favorite childhood memories?
This week's Friday Question comes from World Moms Blog writer Maggie Ellison. She asked our writers, “What is one of your favorite childhood memories?” Read on to see what some of our World Moms had to say... Dr. Lanham of Arizona, USA writes: “My favorite childhood...
NORWAY: “She’s Got the Look”
“She’s got the look.” My baby is growing an attitude. The once sweet, bouncy baby, who was always happy to crawl, happy to sleep, happy to eat is now coming out with an opinion of her own. When did that happen?! It’s just crazy when you have the first understandable...
NEW ZEALAND: Open or Closed? What do you think?
This started as a post about what happens when a mother gets ill, but still has a young family to care for. While we were busy doing research with a very nasty tummy-bug, Veronica published her post on taking her daughter to watch a game of college basketball, (NEW...
MEXICO: The Perspective Within
The cliche that becoming a parent changes your world view in a profound way gets kind of old, but it is so true. My outward view of the world and how my children’s lives will be affected by their environment is at once richer and more complex. The breadth of...
ILLINOIS, USA: Interview with “Polish Mama on the Prairie”: From Poland to the USA
Where in the world do you live? And, are you from there? I currently live in Illinois outside of Chicagoland. I was born in Wroclaw, Poland and moved at age 1 to Austria to flee Communism with my parents. We lived in a hotel in a village in Austria for about another...
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